1st LD-Writethru: Xi advocates study, practice among CPC members

Communist Party of China (CPC)
leader Xi Jinping on Friday called on Party members to enhance
their ability to handle new problems and challenges through study
and practice.

How to get a proper understanding
of and appropriately handle new situations and problems arising in
the country's development are important subjects faced by the
entire Party, said Xi, general secretary of the CPC Central
Committee.

The only way to achieve the goal is
to enhance our capabilities through study, he said during a
gathering held to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the
Party School of the CPC Central Committee.

He called on Party members to not
only put what they know into practice, but also acquire new skills
by solving problems.

Historically, the CPC has relied on
scholarship in making achievements, and it will surely continue to
do so in its future development, Xi said.

"We have to advocate study and
practice, if our cadres, Party, country and nation want to make
progress," he said.

All Party members, especially
officials, must feel the pressing task of enhancing learning in
order to enhance their abilities, he added.

The CPC has always attached great
importance to learning for all Party members, especially officials,
and this has proved a successful experience that has been pushing
forward the development of the cause of the Party and the Chinese
people, he said.

The various goals and tasks set
down by the 18th CPC National Congress, which was held last
November, imposed new requirements on Party members' capabilities,
he said.

China is set to build itself into a
modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic,
culturally advanced and harmonious when the People's Republic of
China marks its centennial.

The "Chinese dream" of the great
rejuvenation of the Chinese nation can only come true if the
capabilities of the entire Party are constantly enhanced, Xi
said.

"Compared with the past, our task
of learning is heavier, not lighter," he said, urging officials to
continuously enrich themselves, show persistence and
industriousness in their work, and be "experts" in the fields in
which they are engaged.

"Our study should be comprehensive,
systematic and full of the spirit of exploration," Xi said, noting
the novelty of the socialist cause with Chinese
characteristics.

Xi said earnestly studying Marxist
theory is "a special skill" for the Party and officials to do their
work well, and grasping the Party's theories, principles and
policies, as well as the country's laws and regulations, is "basic
preparation" for officials and their "important political quality,"
Xi said.

"The aim of study lies in
practice," he said, adding that the ultimate goal of Party
officials boosting their study efforts lies in honing their working
ability and sharpening their problem-solving skills.

Xi said the Marxist study style of
applying theory to real-life situations should be advocated, and
officials should bear questions in mind during the course of their
study, adding that the people should be enshrined as mentors.

"Party officials should pursue
studying as a quest, a hobby and a healthy lifestyle, which will
make them happy and eager to learn," he said.

Xi acknowledged the role the Party
school has played over the past 80 years, saying it has developed
large numbers of Party-leading cadres for the revolutionary cause,
socialist construction and China's transformation.

It has made extraordinary
contributions to safeguarding Party ideology and promoting
theoretical innovation, he said.

To celebrate the 80th anniversary
of the founding of the Party school is to carry forward its
glorious traditions and encourage it to contribute more to cadre
training, the construction of Party theory and the development of
socialism with Chinese characteristics, he said.

The gathering was presided over by
Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and president of the Party
school.

Liu said Xi's speech forcefully
mobilized the entire Party to study.

Liu asked Party officials to take
heed of Xi's remarks, make efforts to adopt study as a political
responsibility and a lifestyle, and set good examples in both study
and practice. Endi